Let ďc be computable reducibility on ceers. We show that for every computably enumerable equivalence relation (or ceer) R with infinitely many equivalence classes, the index sets ti : Ri ďc Ru (with R non-universal), ti : Ri ěc Ru, and ti : Ri ”c Ru are Σ3 complete, whereas in case R has only finitely many equivalence classes, we have that ti : Ri ďc Ru is Π2 complete, and ti : Ri ěc Ru (with R...

Kim and Bishu (Fuzzy Sets and Systems 100 (1998) 343-352) proposed a modification of fuzzy linear regression analysis. Their modification is based on a criterion of minimizing the difference of the fuzzy membership values between the observed and estimated fuzzy numbers. We show that their method often does not find acceptable fuzzy linear regression coefficients and to overcome this shortcomin...

Fuzziness is not a priori an obvious concept and demands some explanation. “Fuzziness” is what Black (NF 1937) calls “vagueness” when he distinguishes it from “generality” and from “ambiguity.” Generalizing refers to the application of a symbol to a multiplicity of objects in the field of reference, ambiguity to the association of a finite number of alternative meanings having the same phonetic...

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Some simple yet pragmatic methods of consistency test are developed to check whether an interval fuzzy preference relation is consistent. Based on the definition of additive consistent fuzzy preference relations proposed by Tanino [Fuzzy Sets and Systems 12 (1984) 117131], a study is carried out to examine the correspondence between the element and weight vector of a fuzzy preference relation. ...

We conducted six experiments to determine if mental rotation can begin before perception finishes, as allowed by continuous flow models but not discrete state models of information processing. The results of Experiments 1-3 showed that the effect of shape discriminability on RT was underadditive with the effect of stimulus orientation, suggesting that mental rotation began before shape discrimi...

Reading involves constructing a mental representation in long-term working memory of the world described by the text. Disrupting short-term working memory can interfere with the maintenance of mental models (sets of retrieval cues) needed to access these representations, producing detrimental effects on reading time. In two experiments, subjects read passages that included pairs of coreferentia...

Whereas explicit measures of the self-concept typically demonstrate a negative bias in depressed individuals, implicit measures such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT), revealed an opposite, positive bias. To address this inconsistent pattern, the authors examined, using a novel paradigm, mental set maintenance (i.e., the difficulty of maintaining active a required mental set) and set opera...

The rationale behind this study is to determine the level and relationship between Quality of Work Life (QWL) and Mental Health among teaching professionals in higher learning institutions of Tamilnadu, India. A survey instrument was used to measure the perception of teaching professionals concerning their level of QWL and its relationship to mental health. A total of 320 sets of questionnaire ...

background : drivers are vulnerable to musculoskeletal and psychological disorders because of substantially harmful agents in this stressful occupation. this study aims to investigate the influence of driver’s physical and psychological health on the risk of road accidents using fuzzy logic approach. methods : two input variables including musculoskeletal disorders (msds) and mental health, alo...